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Friday, September 23, 2011

9/23/11

We had a great, great week! Don't forget Yogo-Ono is tonight 9/23 3:30-8:00! Next week is a big week. It's our first spirit week of the year. We are supporting CURE Childhood Cancer. Each day is .50 and Friday is $1.00 to participate. Make sure your child is still in uniform everyday.  The class with the most money wins a prize! Please help us win!

Monday: 9/26 "Sock it to Cancer" Wear crazy socks. (.50)
Tuesday: 9/27 "Hats off to Patients" (.50)
Wednesday: 9/28 Wear a purple shirt and uniform bottoms (.50)
Thursday: 9/29 "Hugs for Patients" Bring in a stuffed animal (.50)
Friday: 9/30 N.U.T. PASS = No uniform ($1.00)

Adelaide's mom was our mystery reader this week. Thanks for coming to read to us!

We received another letter for our letter exchange this week. The letter O came from Roseville, California! So fun!

Thanks for all the families who showed up at Barnes & Noble. It was great to see you there. If I didn't see you there, I'm sorry I missed you. Thanks again for the books that were purchased for the class. Y'all are so sweet!

We had our spelling test today and we did awesome! Continue working on the words at home. We are doing a great job. The words lists in the folder will be tested at random dates. The class was tested this week. Most everyone is on list A except for a few on list 1-4. There is not time limit for these lists. The kindergarten standard for reading words is 30. I want them to go WAY above and beyond that. That is why I am providing multiple lists for them to go through... on their own time. The spelling test each week is just a small challenge I give them to help them learn the words. 
Next week's words are:
we
go
if
my
but

Academic Update:

Literacy: We learned two new letters this week: O and P. Keep working on letters, sounds, and sight words. 

Math: We are starting Chapter 2 in math on Patterns next week. 

Science: We talked a lot about rocks and soils this week. We touched and explored the difference between Georgia red clay and sand.

Have a great weekend! Roll Tide!